LOL how many Amex black cardholders do you think cruise Carnival and are begging for free cruises? Not many I would reckon. Do you expect to be taken seriously?
They absolutely will leave you at the pier. If your plane lands at 12:45, give an extra 30 minutes to get your bags and you're already late for your shuttle - that's assuming the plane is on time. And it's a good hour on the bus to Canaveral.
You're not going to make this ship. You need an earlier flight.
It's been a rule for years that they never really enforced. They just recently said they're going to enforce it. I bet they're failing SOLAS audits. Time will tell.
Assuming Carnival hasn't hiked the price between now and when you sail, which they have been doing every few months here lately. I'd say it makes sense to go ahead and lock in your price now if you know you're going to want something. Prepay your grats, wifi, bottled water, etc.
If your phone supports sharing the wifi connection as a hotspot (turning itself into a travel router so to speak), then it should work. Not many phones support this. If your hotspot is sharing the cellular as most are, then it won't work.
Useless info - everyone's a big winner on the internet. Everyone always comes out ahead. Everyone always gambles with less than you but always hits the bonuses and always gets the comps. Etc.
They turn levers as needed to fill the ships. Recall that during COVID many folks got free cruises who had never set foot on a Carnival ship - or hadn't cruised Carnival in years and years.
While I am sure the casino does look at past play to determine future comps, it's only one aspect of their formula.
If you plan to gamble and get the points I would not buy the drink package personally. 1500 points really isn't that many tbh, lots of folks get that many on the first night - obviously depending on how much you bet etc.
Carnival does not have a published schedule of comps, other than I think 1500 points gets you drinks on us while playing for the remainder of the cruise. The rest of their comps - free steakhouse dinner, free cruise offers, etc., are not given out at a set number of points.
Yeah I agree, the math is the easiest if you're an Alchemy or at least a mixed drink drinker. You'd have to be a heavy beer drinker to make it worthwhile on beer alone.